@Jessica @mark @Triply Yes, but what I just said is not implying that your control is being taking away.
That is what I think is missing and all these conversations. People presume the worst and can't imagine the middle ground where you are given an incentive to let the thermostat (or whatever) make adjustments on its own but which you can always override with the consequence of losing out on the incentives.
I would sign up for something like that right now.